steingm Posted June 5, 2018 Report Share Posted June 5, 2018 search PET Expandable Braided Sleeving, it comes in many colors that can be colored with a sharpie for the two tone versions. It's not ezbody or corsair but it works. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caspar Posted June 8, 2018 Report Share Posted June 8, 2018 This is my take on some floating sandeels. About 4-5 inches long Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flysully Posted June 8, 2018 Report Share Posted June 8, 2018 Exactly what you need Cast, let sit, twitch, voila! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caspar Posted June 9, 2018 Report Share Posted June 9, 2018 Great. I'll try that technique. Me and 4 other Guys are going on our yearly fishing trip to Cape Cod from June 14th to 24th. Heading over from Denmark theshadow 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Otshawytsha Posted June 9, 2018 Report Share Posted June 9, 2018 Look great caspar. Are you tying the tails to the tubing or running a length of mono back from the hook and tying to that? I did the latter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caspar Posted June 9, 2018 Report Share Posted June 9, 2018 14 mins ago, Otshawytsha said: Look great caspar. Are you tying the tails to the tubing or running a length of mono back from the hook and tying to that? I did the latter. Thanks. I run the til through the body tubing and tie to the hook and it is also tied down where I tie off the body tybing for the tail. No need for mono Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HillTop Posted June 10, 2018 Report Share Posted June 10, 2018 Nelson Sigelman, who lives on the Vineyard and has tied with Coop, has the following on one of his blog posts. You can find his blog at Nelson Sigelman Outdoors. This pretty much shows what others have posted. HT Currently have aphasia. Aphasia is a result of my head stroke causing a bleed. Happened in my Maine vacation in July (2021). Lucky me less than 1% of people get stroke aphasia. I'm making project but have been told this is easily 5 months to 1 year for this to improve. Until then hope you don't mind making sense with what I text. HT Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JeffK Posted July 13, 2018 Report Share Posted July 13, 2018 Night time is the right time. Here are a couple of flies I tie. The top fly is simple. Foam tube punched through with a hot bodkin. Thread onto hook. Stick thin hackle into the rear hole w/ crazy glue. Not very durable, Maybe 2 or three fish, but has worked for me when nothing else will. Big fish will eat this. Second fly, Gartside floating sand eel. Black corsair, Steve Farrar Midnight Blitz flash blend, black pearl Krystal flash, and foam tubing lashed to the hook. I saw that people were asking about the Corsair. It is available on Jack's website which is now run by a gentleman named Mike Quigley. 2 sizes, 1/4 " in black, white, and white silver. 1/2" in black and white. Last 2 flies, Page Rodgers Slim Jim. Same deal. Black foam punched through and slid onto hook w/ crazy glue. Tail Midnight blitz and krystal flash. Body is epoxy mixed w/ pearl glitter. Really lights up at night in the water. Google Page Rodgers Slim Jim for tying instructions. Not a great pic but you get the idea. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sandeel95 Posted January 29, 2020 Report Share Posted January 29, 2020 The latest edition of ON THE WATER, FEB 2020, has an article on Coop and his Floating Sand Eel. A nice tribute to a legend, Fished with him in the early 1980's There are a few pics of the Eel. I have tied the Page eel, but i will tie some of Coop's for this season. paulsoncall 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flysully Posted February 2, 2020 Report Share Posted February 2, 2020 On 1/29/2020 at 6:25 PM, Sandeel95 said: The latest edition of ON THE WATER, FEB 2020, has an article on Coop and his Floating Sand Eel. A nice tribute to a legend, Fished with him in the early 1980's There are a few pics of the Eel. I have tied the Page eel, but i will tie some of Coop's for this season. if you could post a link to this article, it would be very helpful. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sandeel95 Posted February 3, 2020 Report Share Posted February 3, 2020 Hi: Sorry , no link. Read the article in the Feb 2020 subscription magazine. Check the ON THE WATER WEB SITE, article is not there. However, if you are interested in sand eels, there is a good article on their web page, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flysully Posted February 3, 2020 Report Share Posted February 3, 2020 Thx, Sandeel, for your response. I've tied many Coop's Floating Sand Eels which were definitely a great striper catcher while on Martha's Vineyard during the sand eel hatch which usually occurs during the first week of June, approximately. Coop actually gave me the one he was tying in his shop. I copied it and, wow, what a great pattern during early June nights! Because of this, I was just interested in how OTW magazine covered Coop's great fly and if the article did Coop "justice". I'm sure the article didn't mention this but, if you do tie up Coop's Floating Sand Eel fly and use it during the first two weeks of June, he recommended casting it out, floating line, as Coop loves to advise all of us Vineyard fishermen for night fishing, and let. it. sit. Don't move it! If it's not taken in a minute or two, just "twitch" the line and let. it. sit. Don't know which pattern of Coop's OTW mag described because he had a couple but if made of the skinny Corsair and very short with a #4 hook, that would be it. It works! HillTop 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HillTop Posted February 3, 2020 Report Share Posted February 3, 2020 5 mins ago, flysully said: Thx, Sandeel, for your response. I've tied many Coop's Floating Sand Eels which were definitely a great striper catcher while on Martha's Vineyard during the sand eel hatch which usually occurs during the first week of June, approximately. Coop actually gave me the one he was tying in his shop. I copied it and, wow, what a great pattern during early June nights! Because of this, I was just interested in how OTW magazine covered Coop's great fly and if the article did Coop "justice". I'm sure the article didn't mention this but, if you do tie up Coop's Floating Sand Eel fly and use it during the first two weeks of June, he recommended casting it out, floating line, as Coop loves to advise all of us Vineyard fishermen for night fishing, and let. it. sit. Don't move it! If it's not taken in a minute or two, just "twitch" the line and let. it. sit. Don't know which pattern of Coop's OTW mag described because he had a couple but if made of the skinny Corsair and very short with a #4 hook, that would be it. It works! Howdy, hope all is well Might you have a photograph of the original you can share ? Thx, Chuck Currently have aphasia. Aphasia is a result of my head stroke causing a bleed. Happened in my Maine vacation in July (2021). Lucky me less than 1% of people get stroke aphasia. I'm making project but have been told this is easily 5 months to 1 year for this to improve. Until then hope you don't mind making sense with what I text. HT Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flysully Posted February 4, 2020 Report Share Posted February 4, 2020 Chuck, it looks pretty much like a couple of the photos posted above but 1/8" diameter corsair was used. Sorry, no photos of it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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